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G. W. ARCHER.

BARBERS CHAIR.

Patented Mar. 31, 1896.

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V I BARBERS CHAIR. I No. 557,097. Patented Mar. 31, 1896.

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NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE 1V. ARCHER, OF ROCHESTER, NElV YORK, ASSIGNOR TO THE ARCHERMANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

.BARBERS CHAIR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 557,097, dated March31, 1896. Application filed June 29, 1894. Serial No, 516,051. (Nomodel.)

To ctZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE W. ARCHER, of Rochester, in the county ofMonroe and State of New York, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Barbers Chairs; and I do hereby declare the following tobe a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, andto the reference-numerals marked thereon.

My present invention has for its object to provide an improvedadjustable chair particularly adapted for use in barber-shops, thoughcapable of being used for other purposes; and it consists in certainconstructions and combinations of parts, whereby the various adjustmentsnecessary to place the occupant in the most comfortable and convenientposition may be accomplished with great facility, and whereby also theconstruction of the chair is simplified, and it may be made and set upeasily and cheaply, all as will be hereinafter fully described, and thenovel features pointed out particularly in the claims at the end of thisspecification.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a chair constructed inaccordance with my invention; Fig. 2, a plan view of the same with theseat-cushion removed; Fig. 3, a longitudinal sectional view showing theseatcushion in dotted lines; Fig. 4, a similar crosssectional view; Fig.5, a side view of the footrest with a portion of the supportin g-armbroken away; Fig. 6, a sectional view of the same on the line as a; ofFig. 5.

Similar reference-numerals in the several figures indicate similarparts.

The body of the chair consists of the seatframe 1, to which is rigidlysecured the back 2 having the head-rest 3, the arms 4 and the dependingbrackets or legs 5, carrying at their forward portions the removablefoot-platform 6 carrying the foot-rest presently described.

Connected to the seat-frame 1 on opposite sides and extending upward,and also attached to the under sides of the arms 4, are brackets ormetal frames 7, upon which the chair is hung by pivots 8 on the ends ofvertical arms E) secured to or forming part of a yoke or supportingframe 10, said frame having a central flaring flange with its lower edgeresting loosely upon a ring or collar 11 forming part of a sleeve andsecured by bolts 12 to a flange formed upon the outside of a hollowstandard13. The sleeve and collar 11 are made separate from the standardfor convenience of construction; but it will be understood that theseparts could be made integral, if desired, and the yoke-frame is arrangedso as to have a rotary motion thereon, being prevented from upwardmovement by setscrews 14 and locked from rotary motion on the collar 11by a pivoted bell-crank lockinglever 15 pivoted at 16 on the yoke-frame,having a downwardly-projecting arm entering a slot in the lower flaringportion of the yoke-frame and also one of a series of notches orrecesses 17 formed in the edge of the collar 11. The other arm of saidlever 15 extends outward at the side of the chair, forming a convenienthandle for manipulating it, and affording sufficient weight to hold thelower end in engagement with the yoke-frame and collar, as in Fig. 4.

Connected to the seat-frame at front and rear and therefore extendingtransversely of the yoke-frame 10 is a curved rack-bar 2O having in itsuppersurface a series of notches 21 with which is arranged to engage theupper arm 22 of a locking lever pivoted to the frame 10 at 16, the lowerarm 23 of said lever extending at the side of the chair in convenientposition to be moved by the operators foot to disengage the arm 22 fromthe rack-bar and enable the chair to be tilted on the pivots 8 to bringthe occupant into the most convenient position. The weight of the arm 22of the lever may be sufficient to cause its engagement with therack-bar, but I prefer to employ a spring 2% for the purpose, as shown.To the forward part of the chairframe is secured an arm or stop adaptedwhen the chair is down in normal position to engage the yoke-frame 10,as in Fig. 1, and relieve the locking-lever of strain.

The vertical adjustments of the standard 13 may be caused by anysuitabledevices, but I prefer to form a thread on the outside of it, engaging anut 25 secured in a suitable base 26, so that by the rotation of thechair and standard it may be elevated, being retained in adjustedposition by a set-screw 27 passing in g the oscillation of saidfoot-rest.

through the nut and engaging the standard,which latter may be slightlyflattened at the rear, if desired, for the better engagement of thescrew.

The platform (5 at the front of the chair is provided with the sideplates or castings 28 having pins 29 engaging open slots on thedepending arms 5, while their ends extend beneath lugs 29 thereon, andthe forward ends of these plates are preferably somewhat circular, asshown, and are provided with studs 2.30 upon which are pivoted disks 31,the latter being connected by a metal bar or plate 32 on one side and bythe cushion 011 the other. The cushion side of said foot-rest ispreferably weighted by a plate 34 or similar device and one (or both, ifdesired) of the disks 31 is provided with a groove for the accommodationof a pin or pins for limit- The plate 32 and the cushion 33 and thestop-pins 36 are so arranged relatively that when the chair is in normalor nearly normal position, as shown in full lines, Fig. 1, the plate isuppermost, so that the occupant may place his feet upon it, and thatwhen the chair is tilted back the rest maybe turned so that the cushionwill be uppermost, and the preponderance of weight being on the side ofthe pivot toward the chair it will be retained with the cushion inposii-ion for the occupants legs to rest upon, as .in dotted lines, Fig.5, but when the chair is turned down again the weighted cushion partwill be forward of the center and said rest will automaticallyreturn tonormal position, so that there will be no opportunity for the occupantto place his feet on the cushion and soil it.

I claim as my invention 1. The combination with the seat-frame havingthe brackets 7 at the sides and the longitudinally-extending bar 20having the notches in its upper side, and the back rigidly connected tothe frame, of the standard, the rotatable yoke-frame having the rigidarms 5), to the upper ends of which the brackets 7 are pivoted, thelocking-lever having the arms 22 and 23, the latter extending downward,whereby the operator may release the seat-frame with his foot and tiltthe chair, substantially as described.

2. In a chair, the combination with the standard and the notched collar11 thereon, the yoke-frame support-ed thereon having the flange restingon said collar, and the rigid upwardly-eXtending arms 9, of the chairpivoted to said arms above the level of the seat, the notched bar 20,and the two locking-levers 15 and 22 pivoted on the yoke-frame, theformer engaging the notched collar and the latter the bar 20,substantially as described.

3. In a chair, the combination with the standard,the notched collarthereon, the yokeframe, the upwardly-extending arms, and the seat-framepivoted on the arms and having the notched bar 20, of the bell-cranklever pivoted on the yoke-frame extending transversely of and engagingthe bar 20, and having the downwardly-extending lever 23, and thebell-erank lever 15 pivoted on the yokeframe and engaging the notchedcollar and having the outwardly-extending handle, the operating ends ofsaid levers extending at one side of the chair, substantially asdescribed.

l. In a chair, the combination with the tilting platform, of theweighted oscillatory footrest pivoted thereon having tworigidly-eonnected supporting-surfaees, and a stop for limiting itsmovement, said pivot being so disposed relative to the weight and stopthat when the platform is tilted the weight may be moved across thecenter and one supporting-surface held uppermost by the stop, but whenin lower position the weight will be moved to the other side of thecenter and return it, substantially as described.

5. In a chair, the combination with the tilting platform, of theoscillatory foot-rest pivoted thereon having the plate and the weightedcushion rigidly connected, and a stop for limiting the oscillation ofsaid foot-rest, arranged and operating substantially as described.

(3.v The combination with the foot-rest embodying the two disks, theplate and weighted cushion connecting them, of the tilting arms orsupports on which said disks are pivoted, and a stop for limiting theoscillation of said disks, substantially as described and for thepurpose specified.

GEORGE XV. ARCHER.

\Vitnesses:

FRED F. CHURCH, .T. A. (loom-mun.

